Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

couldn't stop myself from asking, "How did

wasn't hard if you really wanted

sense, but something about them didn't sit right. Nate and I had been

Lena more than the

lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's

me and pouted playfully. "Rea,

it's

cracked a few jokes, shaking off some of the stress from

Lane," I said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest.

giving Lena a

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wasn't much else they could

offered, remembering Aaron's request. Plus, it

do it," Nate volunteered, stepping

"Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually uses

fussing over Lena like

was there. If not

and I could